Improvement in book-cover protectors



B. G. WAY & W. A. RANKIN.

Book-Cover Protector.

Patented Feb... 4, I879.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

".FETERS. FHOTO'UTHOGUPHER, WASfIINGTON. D. G.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BREADING Gr. WAY AND WILLIAM A. RANKIN, OF NEW LISBON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK-COVER PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,073, dated February4, 1879 application filed September 30, 1878. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BREADING G. WAY and WILLIAM A. RANKIN, of NewLisbon, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Protector for Book-Backs, of which the following is aspecification The object of this invention is to provide a protector forthe corners of book-covers, simple in construction and easily applied 5and it consists of a metal polygon having two parts, which are foldeddown and hold the protector on the cover without the use of rivets orsolder, and a body having a stiiiening-rib.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 represents the improvement with the folding parts open. Fig. 2 is thesame folded. Fig. 3 is a view of the back of the protector, having aiii) to stiffen it 5 and Fig. 4 represents an edge view of theimprovement adapted to be applied to the book.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A is the body of the protector, from whichextend two parts, B B. -Wh en first made it has the form shown in Fig.1; but when placed on the corners of the cover it is as represented inFigs. 2 and 3.

The protector, when in condition to be used, has the parts B B foldedone on the other, not tightly, but so as to leave between them and thepart A a wedge-shaped opening, I), as clearly shown in Fig. 4. To applythem, open the cover of the book, take one of the protectors, insert oneof the corners of the cover in the opening I), with the partAunderneathand bearing against the inside of the cover, and the parts B B outside,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the book-cover being in dotted lines, andwhen the edges of the cover bear against the outer folded edges ofprotector,

the parts B B are pressed down firmly against the cover, and by theforce of this pressure they are held on.

. Each corner is provided with 'a protector of this kind, and it servesto protect them when the book is transported in the mails or packed inthe case, and at other times.

The protector is merely for temporary use, and so it is not soldered orriveted, as for the purpose for which it is used the pressure of thefolded parts, when properly placed, hold it sufficiently fast.

The protector is made of tin or other material having the same orsimilar properties.

The onlyrequisite is, that it should bend easily and be sufficientlystiff to hold itself on.

Different sizes of the protector should be made and used, as the cornersof the covers of the larger books should be more covered than those ofsmaller ones; and as in the case of larger protectors there is moreliability of their being bent than the smaller, the back of theprotector is provided with a diagonal rib, a, made by striking up thetin. This efi'ectually stifl'ens it, and makes it capable of resistin gany ordinary strain.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A temporary protector for the corners ofbook-covers,composed of the body A and two projecting portions, B B, thesaid protector being applied as before described, and the body Aprovided with a rib, a, for stiffening it, substantially as described.

BREADING G. WAY. WILLIAM A. RANKIN. WVitnesses:

JOHN WAY, ANTHONY E. HERsHIsER.

